{{short description|American actress}} {{About|the American actress|the American attorney|Jo Ann Harris (federal prosecutor)|the English author|Joanne Harris}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Jo Ann Harris | image = Jo Ann Harris Maryland 2021.jpg | caption = Harris in August 2021 | alt = Jo Ann Harris at The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, Hunt Valley, Maryland. August 2021. | birth_name = <!-- Valid citation required for full name for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1967–present | spouse = | children = }}
'''Jo Ann Harris''' is an American actress known for her many film and television roles beginning in 1967. In the 1971 film ''[[The Beguiled (1971 film)|The Beguiled]]'' she portrayed a 17-year-old who seduced [[Clint Eastwood]]'s character.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brightlightsfilm.com/clint-caught-act-beguiled-don-siegels-leading-man/ |title=Clint, Caught in the Act: On The Beguiled, and Don Siegel's Leading Man |last=King |first=Danny |date=November 25, 2013 |website=brightlightsfilm.com |publisher=Bright Lights Film Journal |accessdate=March 19, 2017}}</ref> Her other films include ''[[Maryjane (film)|Maryjane]]'' (1968), ''[[The Gay Deceivers]]'' (1969), ''[[The Sporting Club]]'' (1971), ''[[The Parallax View]]'' (1974), ''[[Act of Vengeance (1974 film)|Act of Vengeance]]'' (1974), ''Cruise into Terror'' (1978), and ''[[Deadly Games (1982 film)|Deadly Games]]'' (1982).
==Career== Harris's first acting role came in the drama series ''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]'' (starring [[Ben Gazzara]]) in 1967 when she was 18 years old. Other guest-starring TV credits include ''[[Adam-12]]''; ''[[Dragnet_(1967_TV_series)|Dragnet 1968]]''; ''[[Gunsmoke]]''; ''[[The High Chaparral]]''; ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''/''The Men of Shiloh''; ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'';<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/61408/medical-center-the-complete-third-season-warner-archive-collection/ |title=Medical Center: The Complete Third Season - review |last=Mavis |first=Paul |date=August 6, 2013 |website=DVDtalk.com |accessdate=March 19, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]''; ''[[The Mod Squad]]''; ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]''; ''[[Barnaby Jones]]''; <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/65138/fbi-the-complete-eighth-season-warner-archive-collection-the/ |title=The FBI: The Complete Eighth Season - review |last=Mavis |first=Paul |date=July 31, 2014 |website=DVDtalk.com |accessdate=March 19, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]''; ''[[Nakia (TV series)|Nakia]]''; ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''; ''[[The Love Boat]]''; ''[[Fantasy Island]]''; ''[[Vega$]]'';<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/40911/vegas-first-season-v2/ |title=Vega$: The First Season, Volume 2 - review |last=Mavis |first=Paul |date=February 9, 2010 |website=DVDtalk.com |accessdate=March 19, 2017}}</ref> ''[[B.J. and the Bear]]''; ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]''; ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]''; and ''State of the Union''. She was also a panelist on ''[[Match Game]] 77'' for a week.
She played a co-starring role in the short-lived 1977 series ''[[Most Wanted (1976 TV series)|Most Wanted]]'' (starring [[Robert Stack]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wanted-The-Complete-Series/23096 |title=Most Wanted - review |last=Lambert |first=David |date=March 8, 2017 |website=TVShowsonDVD.com |accessdate=March 19, 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312032912/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wanted-The-Complete-Series/23096 |archivedate=March 12, 2017 }}</ref>
Her voice acting work includes the voice of Tina in the 1973 [[Hanna-Barbera]] animated series ''[[Goober and the Ghost Chasers]]'', the animated film ''[[Oliver & Company]]'' (1988), and various episodic characters in ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
She played Candy Cantwell, the interviewer, and Terri in eight episodes of ''[[Tracey Ullman's State of the Union]]'' during 2008–2010.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1967|| ''[[The Second Hundred Years (TV series)|The Second Hundred Years]]'' || Mod Girl || TV series |- |1968|| ''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]'' || Girl || TV series |- |1968|| ''[[Dragnet (1967 TV series)|Dragnet 1968]]'' || Jo-Elle Murphy || TV series |- |1968|| ''[[Maryjane (film)|Maryjane]]'' || Jo Ann || |- |1968|| ''[[Judd, for the Defense|Judd for the Defense]]'' || Ginny Baker || TV series |- |1969|| ''[[The Gay Deceivers]]'' || Leslie Devlin || |- |1969|| ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' || Ellie Wylie || TV series |- |1969|| ''[[Adam-12]]'' || Susann Baker || TV series |- |1969|| ''[[The High Chaparral]]'' || Annie Croswell || TV series |- |1969–1972|| ''[[The Mod Squad]]'' || Sue Fielding / Sally || TV series |- |1970–1971|| ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' || Amanda Benson / Mary Ann Travers || TV series |- |1970–1972|| ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'' || Dana / Ellen Farley || TV series |- |1971|| ''[[The Sporting Club (film)|The Sporting Club]]'' || Lu || |- |1971|| ''[[The Smith Family (TV series)|The Smith Family]]'' || Lynn Mitchell || TV series |- |1971|| ''[[Cat Ballou (short film)|Cat Ballou]]'' || Cat Ballou || short film |- |1971|| ''Teenage Tease'' || || |- |1971|| ''[[The Beguiled (1971 film)|The Beguiled]]'' || Carol || |- |1972|| ''Michael O'Hara the Fourth'' || Mike' O'Hara IV || TV movie |- |1972|| ''[[Disney anthology television series|Disney-Land]]'' || Mike' O'Hara IV || TV series |- |1972|| ''[[The Bold Ones: The New Doctors]]'' || Danielle Tate || TV series |- |1972|| ''[[Banyon]]'' || Sally Overman || TV series |- |1972-1973|| ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' || Connie / Lita Brewer || TV series |- |1973|| ''[[Goober and the Ghost Chasers]]'' || Tina || TV series, voice |- |1973|| ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I]]'' || Tish Laramie || TV series |- |1974|| ''[[The Parallax View]]'' || Chrissy – Frady's Girl || |- |1974|| ''[[Act of Vengeance (1974 film)|Act of Vengeance]]'' || Linda || |- |1974|| ''[[Nakia (TV series)|Nakia]]'' || Kitty || TV series |- |1974-1978|| ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' || Ellie Beck / Lisa Murphy / Lorna Pearson || TV series |- |1975|| ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' || Laurie || TV series |- |1975|| ''[[The Manhunter]]'' || Sandy || TV series |- |1975|| ''[[Movin' On (TV series)|Movin' On]]'' || Sandy || TV series |- |1975|| ''[[Kate McShane]]'' || || TV series |- |1975|| ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]'' || Gloria Bartley || TV series |- |1976|| ''[[Bert D'Angelo/Superstar]]'' || Amy || TV series |- |1976–1977|| ''[[Most Wanted (1976 TV series)|Most Wanted]]'' || Officer Kate Manners || TV series |- |1977|| ''[[Fred Flintstone and Friends]]'' || Tina || TV series, voice |- |1977|| ''[[Love Boat]]'' || Connie Evans || TV series |- |1977|| ''[[Anna Karenina (1977 TV serial)|Anna Karenina]]'' || Susan Cord || TV series |- |1978|| ''[[Cruise Into Terror]]'' || Judy Haines || TV movie |- |1978|| ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' || Andrea Chambers || TV series |- |1979|| ''[[Vegas (1978 TV series)|Vegas]]'' || Christy || TV series |- |1979|| ''The Wild Wild West Revisited'' || Carmelita || TV movie |- |1979|| ''[[Detective School]]'' || Teresa Cleary || TV series |- |1979|| ''Beyond Death's Door'' || Laurie || |- |1979|| ''[[B.J. and the Bear]]'' || Barbara Sue || TV series |- |1979|| ''[[A Man Called Sloane]]'' || Johanna || TV series |- |1980|| ''M Station: Hawaii'' || Karen Holt || TV movie |- |1980|| ''[[Xanadu (film)|Xanadu]]'' || 40's Singer #1 || |- |1981|| ''[[American Dream (TV series)|American Dream]]'' || Myra || TV series |- |1982|| ''[[Deadly Game (1982 film)|Deadly Games]]'' || Clarissa Jane Louise 'Keegan' Lawrence || |- |1983|| ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'' || Jane || |- |1984|| ''[[The Duck Factory]]'' || Wendy Wooster || TV series |- |1988|| ''[[Oliver & Company]]'' || Additional Voices || voice |- |1989–1992|| ''[[The Simpsons]]'' || Various Voices || TV series, voice |- |1991|| ''Caged Fear'' || Big as a House #1 || |- |1995|| ''[[What-a-Mess]]'' || Felicia || TV series, voice |- |1997–1999|| ''[[Tracey Takes On...]]'' || Fawn Loving || TV series |- |2008–2010|| ''[[Tracey Ullman's State of the Union]]'' || Candy Cantwell / Terri / Interviewer || TV series |- |}
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